AutoHotkey Hotkey Techniques

Investigating How Hotkeys Work

Jack’s written a series of blogs exploring the use and power of AutoHotkey Hotkeys. For the convenience of readers, these blogs have been updated and combined with other original material in the e-book AutoHotkey Hotkey Techniques. Jack says:

“In the course of writing the individual blogs included in the book I experienced a number of personal epiphanies. A few ‘Best Practices’ slowly became obvious as I worked with particular commands. The power of #IfWin directives opened my eyes as I searched for practical applications for Hotkeys. The usefulness of Scan Codes versus Virtual keys became apparent once I understood how they work. Plus, the writing process sparked insight into how to make any AutoHotkey command more powerful with forced expressions (%) and the ternary operator.”

While the early chapters start at a beginning level, the book quickly builds to best practices and unique techniques for implementing Hotkeys on any Windows computer.